A Civil War Trail Marker was unveiled outside the old Roane County Courthouse in Kingston on Tuesday.
“This is our first Civil War Trail Marker that we’ve been able to install,” said Pam May, director of tourism and marketing for The Roane Alliance. “We hope it’s not the last.”
Indications are that it may not be. Lee Curtis, director of program development for the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development said the county fits the criteria to get another marker.

Grill & Pub owner Grover Norton and brothers Eric and Derek Gallaher have responded to a $3 million lawsuit filed by the parents of David Lee Harvey.
Harvey died outside the Grill & Pub on July 23, 2011. Eric Gallaher has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault-bodily injury in his death. He allegedly punched Harvey after a minor fender bender in the parking lot.

The hungry will soon have a place for a free hot meal.
Courts of Praise in Harriman already has a food pantry they started earlier this year. Now the active church is planning to open a soup kitchen in the next month.

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A 17-year-old girl from South of the River has been missing since Oct. 1.
Samantha L. Daniels, who had attended Midway High School, was last seen by her father on the front porch of their home at 3614 River Rd.
“I’ve been everywhere I think she might be,” said her father, Albert Daniels.
He said his daughter had been seeing a 40 year old man, and the family believes that she is with him. Her father said they are concerned for her safety.

Roane County’s hope for a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital looks bleak at this point.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander received a letter last month from John Dandridge Jr., director of the VA MidSouth Healthcare Network, explaining why the VA didn’t think Harriman’s Roane Medical Center was a suitable site.
“At this time, given what we currently know and project, there is not a feasible justification for construction or for operating a VA hospital in Harriman, Tenn.,” Dandridge said in the letter.

Kingston police arrested a 20-year-old man Tuesday morning for allegedly siphoning gas from an ETHRA bus.
Austin Cody Burns, 402 Curtis Road, Tellico Plains, is charged with theft under $500. According to the arrest report, he was forthcoming about the alleged crime.
“Defendant stated that he had taken at least 10 gallons from the vehicle,” the report said. “Defendant told officer the hose and can he used were behind the bus in the brush.”

Veterans of all the armed services are invited to Ridgeview Elementary School in Rockwood on Friday, Nov. 9 for a special recognition program. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. Each grade level will play a unique part in the program.
There will be refreshments for everyone.